Fisheries

While aquaculture is often associated with degrading water quality, invasive species introductions and the destruction of important coastal habitats, increasing evidence suggests that well-designed and managed aquacultur…

Claims that escaped salmon are able to wipe out “10,000 years of evolution” by interbreeding with wild salmon have been rejected as “hyperbole” by the head of the Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association.

Wider application of genetic improvement in aquaculture, with a focus on selective breeding, will help boost seafood production without the need to hugely increase the volume of inputs – including feed, land and water – …

The importance aquaculture will play in helping to provide protein for the growing global population was emphasised at the 10th session of the COFI Sub-Committee on Aquaculture, which started in Trondheim, Norway, today.…

One of India’s largest shrimp producers, CP Foods, has pledged to join the IFFO RS Improver Program (IFFO RS IP) this year, which would make it the first company in the country to apply for the international sustainable …

East of India’s populous city of Kolkata, the largest natural sewage treatment works in the world also supports a thriving regional carp farming industry. But the city’s relentless growth is threatening the wetlands, alo…

Mowi is pleased to announce that they have entered into a Share Purchase Agreement to purchase 100 percent of the shares in K Strømmen Lakseoppdrett AS.

US Senator Ron Wyden (D- Oregon) and Representative Seth Moulton (D- Massachusetts) have introduced legislation that expands disaster relief to fisheries that have been adversely affected by tariffs.

Attempts to improve the sustainability of two of South East Asia’s most important reduction fisheries have been backed by IFFO RS.

On Wednesday 5 June, the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee will question the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food as part of its ongoing inquiry into the implementation of the EU lan…

In line with the recommendations of the South-East Asian fishmeal industry study, IFFO and IFFO RS move forward in providing assistance to fisheries

Defra Secretary Michael Gove has created 41 new Marine Conservation Zones, marking the most significant expansion of England’s "Blue Belt" of protected areas to date.

Mowi farm technician Clara McGhee notes how incremental environmental changes - as can be observed on a seasonal basis from a salmon farm - are also having a wider, and more worrying, impact on the health of wild salmon …

The sustainability of the Thai fishmeal fishery – the bulk of whose landings go towards feeds for the aquaculture sector – has been given a boost following a visit to the UK.

Veramaris remains in lead at halfway point of global aquaculture feed competition

An integrated approach to improving the sustainability of reduction fisheries that engages industry, national governments and international organisations, has been advised, "given the diverse and dispersed nature of the …

Scottish angling and environmental interests are deeply concerned after government statistics published this week reveal last year’s catches are the lowest on record.

Many of the key arguments used in a report criticising the world’s reduction fisheries - the key source of fishmeal and fish oil used in aquafeeds - have been rubbished by IFFO.

The capture of forage fish to feed the aquaculture industry is “threatening food security and risking a collapse of marine food webs”, according to a new report.